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BACCHUS


RR Porcius Cato AR Quinarius 89 BC Bacchus Liber Victory seated S 248 Cr 343-2

Next: Another Bacchus

 

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M. VOLTEIUS M.F. ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS VOLTEIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Head of Bacchus or Liber right, wreathed with ivy
REVERSE: Ceres holding two torches, in biga of serpents right. Symbol in left field (double headed axe)
Rome 76BC
3.75g, 18mm
Volteia 3; Cr385/3; Sear 314

Next: More than one snake

 

MYSIA. Pergamon.
Cistophoric Tetradrachm AR
133 - 67 B.C.
12.63 grams, 27 mm
Obv: Snake emerging from basket (Cista Mystica) all within ivy wreath
Rev: Serpents entwined about bow case with Pergamon monogram (∏ΕPΓ) to left & KP/(∏PY) above.
Grade: aEF fully struck, Reverse perfectly centered and obverse slightly off center with old toning.
Other: Purportedly purchased from Stacks in 2009. Pergamon became the capital of the Roman province of Asia in 133 B.C. Pergamon was allowed to continue striking coins in the style of the Greek times while they were part of the Roman empire. One Cistophoric Tet equals three Roman Denarius.

Next coin Cistophoric.

 

Cistophorus:


Antony and Octavia.
AR cistophorus, 25.6 mm, 11.71 gm.
Ephesus, 39 BCE.
Obv: M ANTONINVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT, Jugate heads of Marcus Antonius and Octavia to right; he wears ivy wreath.
Rev: III VIR RPC, Cista mystica surmounted by figure of Bacchus, standing to left, holding cantharus and leaning on thyrsus; on either side, coiled serpent.
Refs: SNG Cop. 408; SNG von Aulock 6555; Franke KZR 472; RSC 3; Sydenham 1198; RPC 2202; Sear 1513; BMCRR East 135-137.

Next: Marc Antony.

 

Next: Another portrait coin featuring at least two triumvirs

 

Here are Lepidus and Octavian:

Denarius
LEPIDVS. PONT.MAX. [III.V].R.P.C. - Bare head of Lepidus right
CAESAR.IMP.III.[VIR.R.P].C - Bare head of Octavian right
Mint: Italy (42 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.36g / 17mm / 6h
Crawford 495/2c/HCRI 140.





Next - another Lepidus.

ATB,
Aidan.

 

Why did we skip the zumbly request from the previous page?

 

lots of animal parts on this coin - lion, boar, fish...none worn as clothing.

L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus (brother of the triumvir Marcus)

Next: Marcus Aemilius Lepidus or any other member of the second triumvirate

 

MARCUS AEMILIUS LEPIDUS


RImp Lepidus Marc Antony 43 BC AR quinarius 13.9m 1.82g Military mint TransAl Gaul pontificate Cr 489-3 Syd 1158a RSC 3 R

Next: Let's get original - ANOTHER Lepidus...

 

Here's another, then...

M. Aemilius Lepidus denarius
- Laureate and diademed female head right
M. LEPIDVS - Horseman right, carrying trophy over shoulder
Mint: Rome (61 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.71g / 19mm / -
References:

• RSC 20 (Aemilia)
• Sydenham 828
• Crawford 419/1b

Next - another coin featuring an attractive female

 

Beautiful is very subjective, so I'll play and leave it to your subjective judgments whether mine is beautiful or not.


Thessaly, Larissa. Ca. 356-342 B.C.
AR hemidrachm. Ex BCD, Ex C.C., May 1993.
(15.58 mm, 2.32 g, 10 h).
Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left
ΛAPIΣ-AIΩN, Horse standing right, preparing to roll.
BCD Thessaly II 333; SNG Copenhagen 132. VF.
Ex BCD,
Ex C.C., May 1993.

Next: Another front facing portrait.

 

next : another front facing portrait

 

CARION ISLANDS: RHODES
Hemidrachm
OBVERSE: Radiate head of Helios 3/4 facing
REVERSE: Rose with magistrates name above, caduceous left all within uncuse square
Struck at Rhodes 167-88 BC
1.6g; 12mm
Sear 5065v

Next: Another example from Rhodes

 

Rhodes, AE27 c100BC Dionysos / rose


Next: a coin that does not fill the requirements of any 'Next' in this thread in recent pages (let's say in the last 20 pages) - In other words: A coin you want to post but no one ever asks for it

 

Aigeai Ar Tetradrachm32-31 B.C Obv Head of Tyche Rv. Athena stg l. RPC 4027 14.44 grms 25 mm Next coin another coin no one ever asks for

 

Well, nobody ever asks me to post one of these Burmese beauties!



Burma/Myanmar, Pyu and Mon city states. AR unit of 80 ratti, traditionally attributed to the city of Beikthano (but quite possibly issued in Halin as per some scholars), 6-7th century AD (middle period). Obv: Rising sun in circle of pellets, Rev: Srivatsa temple, sun & moon above, swastika left and bhadrapitha right.

Next: something South or East Asian!

 

South Asian


Sri Lanka 1st C BCE PB Lead 1/8th unit Lakshmi excavated in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka - R

Next: BCE India

 

Menander I, Indo-Greek Kingdom
AR drachm
Obv: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ MENANΔPOY, helmeted, draped bust right
Rev: "Maharajasa tratarasa / menamdrasa" in Kharoshthi, Athena Alkidemos standing left seen from behind, holding shield on left arm, hurling thunderbolt in right hand, PA monogram to right
Mint: ? (Bactria)
Date: 160-145 BC
Ref: BMC 8
(seller's photo)



Next theme: Greek from Central Asia/India

 

Indo-Greek, Apollodotus I Soter (ca. 174-160 BC), AR square Indic drachm
Obv: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, elephant right, PK ligate monogram in exergue
Rev: Kharosthi legend Maharajasa Apaladatasa tradarasa, humped bull (zebu) right, monogram in exergue

Next: another indo-greek coin

 

Kushan Empire
Kanishka I 127-46AD
Gandhara Mint in Baktria
obv. King standing
rev. Moon God Mao
next up: Kushano-Sasanian coin